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What’s Next: Cutting Edge Technology
53rd Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium
Matt Peterson, Hardware Integration Solution Architect
March 11th, 2015

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Inspiring the Next Generation of Explorers
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12.063 HickmanSTS-26 RTF

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Disruptive Technologies with Promise
5 to 10 Years
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Reduced Launch
Costs
Autonomous
Systems
Virtual Personal
Assistants
Robotics
Additive Manufacturing
CubeSat Computer Aided
Engineering

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How it Works: The Basics
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Additive Manufacturing: Builds parts point by point, layer by layer,
as defined by a 3D model, binding the material together
Material Layer
Deposition
Finished
Product
7 Different Technology Types
2 Basic Classes of Machine
Desktop Enterprise

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Time Lapse Video
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Actual print time approx. 2 hrs.

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Unique Capabilities of Additive
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SWAP
Optimized
Complexity is
free!
Low Production
Quantities
Accelerating Development
Increased
Sustainment
Changing
Manufacturing
Locations

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Where you can Use Additive Manufacturing
Rapid Prototyping
Concept Visualization,
Form, Fit, Function
Mockups Ted Gull, NASA GSFC
Rapid Tooling
Assembly Aids, Trim and
Drill Templates, Molds for
Tools, etc…
End Use
Parts
ISS Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore
NASA Tests 3d Printed Rocket Injectors

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Problems and Potentials
• Qualification of parts
• Speed
• Quality assurance standards
• Analysis lags manufacturing capability for
first time
• Material standardization
• Material availability
• Intellectual Property
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• Integrated Electronics
• Batteries
• LEDs
• Clothes
• Smart Structures
• Human Tissue
• Human Organs
• Medicine

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“Don’t Worry, Be Happy”
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http://www.tumotech.com/2014/11/10/disconnec
t-between-expectations-and-reality-catching-up-with-
q3-of-the-3d-printing-industry/
2 of top 3
KickStarter
Technology Projects
are 3d Printers

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Conclusion
“The Futures So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades”
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We take for granted common place technologies
that have long been the stuff of Science Fiction10